"FORMAT WXF
RED ~50141 ; 0 ;;
BLACK ~50142 ; 0 ;;
RESULT 1-0
DATE 2010-01-22 11:41:59
EVENT KGP Game ; 10m+0s
START{
1. P1+1 h8+7 2. P3+1 p3+1 3. P9+1 h2+3
4. C8.5 r1+1 5. H2+3 r1.4 6. H3+4 r4.6
7. H4+3 c2+3 8. H8+9 c2.4 9. H9+8 e3+5
10. C2.3 r6+6 11. C3-1 r6+1 12. C3+1 r9+1
13. R1.2 c8+6 14. A6+5 c4.9 15. H8-6 c9.8
16. H3-2 r9.8 17. C3+5 r8.3 18. C5.6 a6+5
19. C6-1 r6-2 20. R2+1 r6.5 21. H6-7 r5.3
22. H7+9 r+.1 23. H2+1 h3+4 24. R2+8 a5-6
25. H1+2 r3.7 26. C3+2 e5-7 27. R9.8 r1.8
28. R8+8 r7.2 29. H2-4 r2.6 30. R2-6 r6+1
31. E3+5 r6+3 32. R2.6 r6.1 33. R6+2 e7+5
34. R6+2 a6+5 35. R6.5 r1.3 36. C6.8 r3.7
37. C8+7 k5.6 38. R5-1 r7.6 39. R5.9 r6.2
40. H9+8 p3+1 41. E5+7 a5+4 42. R9.6 k6+1
43. R6+1 k6.5 44. R6+2 k5+1 45. H8+7 k5.6
46. A5-6 k6-1 47. H7-5 k6.5 48. R6-2 k5-1
49. C8.6 k5.6 50. H5+4 k6+1 51. C6.7 k6-1
52. C7-3 }END"
ok that's the game score. Now for the "analysis".
I will mostly be giving from my point of view.(ie red's point of view)
To understand my first 3 moves, you must first delve deep into my understanding of chess as of now (amid an insanity streak). Bings are awesome (even though they imbalance the game), but there is actually something even more awesome than a bing. If you guessed its the jiang, then you are wrong, because according to standing M theories of chess, the only thing more awesome than a bing is a bing that has crossed the river.
1. P1+1 h8+7 2. P3+1 p3+1 3. P9+1 h2+3
So let's go back to the game. The first move pushes a bing. The second move pushes another bing. The third move also pushes a bing. On the other hand, my opponent, minusing off the crushingness of losing by 5 whole bings from the very beginning (actually its 5 bings - 5 zus, but not if you consider it to 3 significant figures). Coupled with the 3 advanced bings waiting to cunningly cross the river, I evaluate the position as +0.1 bings.
4. C8.5 r1+1 5. H2+3 r1.4 6. H3+4 r4.6?????
As you can see, I deviated from my perfect strategy of advancing bings because there were actually no more bings that could be safely advanced. You might think that P5+1 is a safe place for a bing, but after advancing it, there is little you can do you protect it from a rampaging centralised pao.
At this position, I have a free zu that can be taken with immediate effect. Also, it provides me with 1 piece across the river, but he can move his rook across too, hence I evaluate the position +1.2 bings up for me.
7. H4+3 c2+3 8. H8+9 c2.4 9. H9+8 e3+5
So... what happened was i won a zu. Cheers. And his pao moved over the river, which I personally don't find aesthetically pleasing. But that's just me. And I would rate the position about errr... +2.4/2=1.2, because a zhong xiang delays practically every win. :(.
10. C2.3 r6+6 11. C3-1 r6+1 12. C3+1 r9+1
Action! J crazily chased my cannon around 2 times! (and gained a free tempo!) Also interesting (and fail) was 11. N3+5?? C8=5 12. C3+5 C5+4+, which wins the zhongbing and will make me hate my position in general :(. So anyway back to the main line, I think I just failed and didn't see the counter. So it's +1.2 to me (!!)
13. R1.2 c8+6 14. A6+5 c4.9 15. H8-6 c9.8
The previous "analysis" was written years ago and my brain has rusted, so this will continue in a more unpredictable (random) fashion. 13. R1.2 chases the pao away, but then 13...C8+6! makes my che/ju... which shld I use... Rook! uhh... sort of stuckish, but then since he is using 2 pieces to make my 1 piece stuck, it's sort of worth it I guess. 14. A6+5 is a turtlish move showing utterly no intention of displaying the manliness of sacrifice, and amidst the turtling, J played 14...C4.9 (xP)! As another bing fell, it was sort of traumatic for me; furthermore, my ma was under attack, and it seemed like I had to react quickly. Seeing as there was no zu to munch on, I got
But as turtle as turtle is, there is no good way to attack and destroy a turtle (apart from being fantastically good at chess), and in the midst of his plans to force a turtle soup, J played the somewhat blunderous move 15...C9.8, hanging his pao in limbo.
16. H3-2 r9.8 17. C3+5 r8.3 18. C5.6 a6+5
I happily munched on his free pao. It tasted somewhat good. 16... R9.8 gained a tempo back as revenge for the extremely brave and/or stupid pao... if I wasn't such a complicated person. 17.C3+5 (xH) raised the complications a notch higher. (from 0 to 1), and J played 17...R8.3, which was a psychological blunder, since it now appears that he just wasted his previous move. With the newly found tempo, I sneakily played the sneaky move 18.C5.6. It is indeed quite hard to determine for sure, but I do theorize that J was suffering from a psychological condition called Suspicion Bonus (Medical name: Nyudunkopemybeengormaorpaoorzuoranythingofmineandalsonotcheckmatemeorstalemateme Somethingtomakethemedicalnamelongerophobia), and he tried to turtle behind the turtle of a move 18...A6+5.
*gulp* I forgot to mention a semi-important variation to waste more of an unwary reader's time. 17...R8+4 18.C3.7. Or perhaps even 17...R6-6 18.H2+1 (free
19. C6-1 r6-2 20. R2+1 r6.5 21. H6-7 r5.3
19. C6-1 appears to have won a piece, but since it's my move, it follows that there's nothing much about the move worth talking about. Following the move, J got a free bing as compensation. It was a zhongbing too! And followed by another bing (T_T).
22. H7+9 r+.1 23. H2+1 h3+4 24. R2+8 a5-6
I got my revenge and gobbled a zu. Strangely enough, he wasn't too sure my bing was tasty. Weird behavior. Probably Suspicion Bonus. Then, I attempted to aggro.
25. H1+2 r3.7 26. C3+2 e5-7 27. R9.8 r1.8
28. R8+8 r7.2 29. H2-4 r2.6 30. R2-6 r6+1
A failed attempted tactic by me. What's there to talk about. Really.
31. E3+5 r6+3 32. R2.6 r6.1 33. R6+2 e7+5
I mobilised my elephant to turtle, then got some sort-of-free ma to fill my stomach. J got another bing. I have 1 last bing left :*(.
34. R6+2 a6+5 35. R6.5 r1.3 36. C6.8 r3.7
I happily feasted on the bulk of an elephant and attempted a cheapoe, but instead I lost my last bing. Talk about fail.
*fast forward* 41.E5+7. REVENGE! I got all his zus! *smile*
*fast forward, again* move 52... resign/timeout. :( (no opportunity to attempt a symmetrical kill)
Summary:
1) I fail. Massively.
2) J finished off my soldiers before I wiped his army out.
3) In the opening, J demonstrated his devastating opening powers and managed to grab a few bings.
4) I got lucky, and managed to win back every single soldier I lost :)
5) I fail. Really.
